“In recognition of their seminal paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory.”
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Juris Hartmanis
Juris Hartmanis was a Latvian-born American computer scientist and computational theorist who, with Richard E. Stearns, received the 1993 ACM Turing Award "in recognition of their seminal paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory".
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Born 5 July 1928 · Died 29 July 2022 · Q92628
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2022· 2 entries
The Ithaca Journal: Juris Hartmanis
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Died 2022-07-29.
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded ACM Distinguished Service Award for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2013).
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Awarded Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).
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2001· 2 entries
Won Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (2001).
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For his contributions to computer science
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by University of Missouri–Kansas City (1999).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of TU Dortmund (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded ACM Fellow (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Turing Award (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992).
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1989· 1 entry
Hartmanis was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering for fundamental contributions to computational complexity theory and to research and education in computing
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1981).
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1977· 1 entry
Career landmark: head of department (1977–1982).
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1965· 2 entries
Career landmark: head of department (1965–1971).
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Became a professor at Cornell University
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1955· 1 entry
Studied at California Institute of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (1955).
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1951· 2 entries
Studied at University of Missouri–Kansas City, Master of Arts (1951).
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Received a master's degree in applied mathematics at the University of Kansas City (now known as the University of Missouri–Kansas City) and in 1955 a Ph
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1949· 1 entry
Studied at University of Marburg, Candidate of Philosophy (1949).
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1944· 1 entry
As refugees, fearing for their safety if the Soviet Union took over Latvia again
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1940· 1 entry
Mārtiņš Hartmanis was arrested by the Soviets and died in prison
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1928· 1 entry
Born 1928-07-05.
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